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Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
APA-23 USS John Penn
- Miscellaneous class Attack Transport:
- Displacement: 9,360 tons
- Length: 475'4"
- Beam: 62'
- Draft: 26'
- Speed: 16 knots
- Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 4 3", 8 20mm
- Complement:
- Built at New York Shipbuilding as SSEscambion in 1931
- Acquired by the Navy 8 January 1942, and commissioned as AP-51 6 April 1942
- Reclassified APA-23 1 February 1943
: 13 August 1943; aerial torpedo off Guadalcanal
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Last updated:
July 16, 2001